Rational agents react to incentives in the market economy as well as in the centrally planned economy. Economic laws are persistent regardless of the economic system. The legislative system changes the outcome of the game between economic agents and managers. The aim of this paper is to show how...

Competing definitions of justice in Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics indicate the existence of two distinct economic systems with different normative priorities. The three-class society of the Platonic economy (guardians, auxiliaries, producers) gives rise to guardians who by virtue are...

This book discusses the case for socialism and the models of socialist planning. Through examining different countries, each chapter examines the successes and failures of contrasting socialist policies. The theories and techniques of socialist planning are discussed in relation to the Soviet...

This thesis employs an international comparative perspective to empirically analyse the Czech energy transition between 1830 and 2010. It addresses the utilization of energy in shaping modern economic growth through structural and technological change and the implications of those changes on...

Foreword / Don Kalb -- Socialist primitive accumulation in Cluj -- Productive state apparatuses : taking over the factories, 1944-1948 -- "More precious than gold" : labour instability and the stickyness of everyday life -- "Workers," "proletarians," and the struggle for cheap labour -- Time and...

Introduction -- Organisation, power and politics in the communist regime -- Romanian industrialisation : legal frame, characteristics and social consequences -- Methodology -- Plan and enterprise in communist Romania -- The human side of the communist enterprise -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1....

This book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of the causes and consequences of changing business-government relations in China since the 1990s, against the backdrop of the country's increased integration with the global political economy. More specifically, it provides an...

"In 'From Accelerated Accumulation to Socialist Market Economy in China', Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard and Koen Rutten examine China's indigenous economic discourse and its relation to both economic policy-making and the overall trajectory of development from the First Five Year Plan in 1953 to 2016....

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I : FACING HISTORY -- Identity and Consciousness: The Philippine Experience -- PART II : SOCIETY IN DEPENDENCY -- The Filipinos in the Philippines -- The Filipino Elite -- The Corrupt Society -- The Filipino Politician...

Reviewing Chongqing’s industrial structure evolution in the history view angle since Chongqing was opened and quantitative analyzing with shift-share analysis and Structure effect index after the Reform and Openness, this paper explores the rise of political status of Chongqing that caused...

There are likely to be many factors which have together shaped the current pattern of growth and equity in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Among them are the foundations laid in the pre-1978 era, especially in respect of land-related institutional reforms and social sector investments....